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Post by TRO Admin on Mar 2, 2010 23:50:33 GMT -7
From a guy's perspective, one of the greatest natural highs comes when you meet someone who brings out not only childlike "butterflies" (pun slightly intended here in Karen's thread but also grown up physical attraction. Being a 'sensitive' guy is hard in this day and age, as most writers and creative people are. They were simply trying to capture this feeling with pen and paper. It is funny how us grown ups always notice that kind of stuff first off. When I was a kid I was fascinated by her sweetness and her voice.
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Post by kaylathehedgehog on Mar 3, 2010 7:07:23 GMT -7
Finally! Someone else who's heard of TV Tropes . Yup. Even at the age of seven did that strike me as "not quite right". If I had a dollar for every page I've read there. Just for the record, the animated series has it's own page there. And it's quite long.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2010 21:40:27 GMT -7
I have to agree with Josh here.
It's been a long time since I've had the "butterfly effect", but there is something fascinating about it, because no matter who you are, or what you believe, you can't quite explain why we are attracted to certain types of people. Furthermore, we can rarely explain how we react (or in most cases overreact) to that attraction.
Most guys are made fun of when they try to explain these feelings, because we are taught by society to be tough and hard and impenetrable. But it is something I have forever tried to capture in my writings, and I've yet to find any real reason or rhyme to any of it. I think that's part of what makes it so fascinating: it is so mysterious and unknown to us, and that makes it more interesting.
I also think it's funny how people make fun of things like love songs or poems or sappy movies. People who have been in love know where those come from, and it's funny for someone who is suddenly hit by love to realize that all that stuff suddenly makes sense.
I used to wonder why so many people sing about having a "broken heart", and thought it just a cliche. That is, until I had my heart broken and then I realized how empty it felt, and that it really did feel like it would never work again: it was broken.
Conversely, all the silly metaphors surrounding love suddenly come true when that special someone enters your life and you get that flighty, exhilarated feeling.
It's actually pretty amazing when you think about it...
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Post by kaylathehedgehog on Mar 3, 2010 22:34:34 GMT -7
While I hope to have that butterfly feeling someday, I just don't have the time right now.
Being a full-time college student, I don't have the time nor the desire for a significant other at this point. That's not to say I'm not 'window shopping', so to speak; it's just not on the top of my priorities list.
Besides, come April, I'll only be 23, barely a grown woman. I've got my whole life ahead of me right now, especially since if all goes well, I'll graduate some time in 2011. I'll only be 24 then.
I'm still a sucker for romance, though. I get it honestly from both sides. My mom was and still is as much a sucker for romance as I am, and my dad used to write her letters and poetry when they were dating.
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Post by TRO Admin on Mar 4, 2010 8:22:53 GMT -7
I have had them a few times... most recently when I reconnected with (so far) my life's version of Karen... my 2nd/3rd grade crush. I found that while my life's experiences and heartache had left me vulnerable but not bitter, I unfortunately couldn't say the same for her. We reconnected briefly and it was great. Part of me wonders if it might have been better to have permanently ended our friendship in the summer of 1993 though, because my heart broke a second time when I saw how cold and guarded life had made her compared with the little girl I used to know, and dissapointed me thoroughly that I couldn't break through that no matter how hard I tried. But as Grubby said... I'll never forget her (either version) as long as I live. And as another favorite film of mine said.. "Sometimes we don't know what part of ourselves to give, Sometimes we find the part of ourselves we have to give is not wanted."
I believe with the right circumstances, mixed with a little chance.. it's possible to find the person who will occupy a lifelong role of the variety we all were born with a need for. In my case my geography hampers me, my local population being as small as it is. I'm not sure if I have really given up or not.. but I don't feel hopeful like I used to.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2010 9:33:18 GMT -7
I gotta go with Josh on this one. I've had the butterflies many times, perhaps too many, but all have ended in disappointment. I recently had them again, but I suppose my enthusiasm and motivation just isn't there. Like Josh, I'm not sure I have given up...I'm just not sure I have anything left to give right now.
The bright side is that it gives me a chance to concentrate on a few projects I've had in mind for a while now. Teddy is one of them.
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Post by kayjay123 on Mar 5, 2010 18:11:35 GMT -7
Well, you guys all seem really nice, which is the first thing any smart woman looks for. You'll find yourself a Karen someday . While I hope to have that butterfly feeling someday, I just don't have the time right now. Same here, Kayla.
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